1867 in music

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See also: 1866 in music, other events of 1867, 1868 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Musical theater 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• Arthur Sullivan scores his first operetta Cox and Box
• The Maple Leaf Forever written by Alexander Muir
• Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos premieres at the Paris Opéra (March 11)
• Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein debuts in Paris at the Théâtre des Variétés (April 12)
• Charles Gounod's opera Roméo et Juliette debuts at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris (April 27)
• Georges Bizet's opera La Jolie Fille de Perth premieres at Paris's Théâtre Lyrique (December 26)

Published popular music

• "Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss II
• "Champagne Charlie" by Alfred Lee & H. J. Whymark
• "Croquet" w. C.H. Webb m. John Rogers Thomas
• "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" by George Leybourne, Gaston Lyle, & Alfred Lee
• "Not For Joseph"     w.m. Arthur Lloyd
• "The Moon Is Out To Night, Love" w.m. Will S. Hays
• "Waiting" w. Ellen H. Flagg m. Harrison Millard

Classical music

• The Woman of Samaria (cantata) - Sir William Sterndale Bennett
• Zwei Konzertwalzer, op 4: Nr. 1 in E-flat; Nr. 2 in D-flat, Ballade for Cello and Piano in B - Felix Draeseke
• Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major - Hermann Goetz

Opera

• Charles Gounod - Roméo et Juliette
• Édouard Lalo - Fiesque
• Jules Massenet - La Grand'Tante
• Karel Miry - La Mariage de Marguerite

Musical theater

• The Contrabandista or The Law of the Ladrones Lyrics: Francis Cowley Burnand Music: Arthur Sullivan London production opened at St. George's Opera House on December 18
• Cox and Box Lyrics: Francis Cowley Burnand Music: Arthur Sullivan London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on May 11 and ran for 300 performances

Births

• January 20 - Yvette Guilbert, singer, actress (d. 1944)
• March 25 - Arturo Toscanini, noted conductor
• July 27 - Enrique Granados, composer
• September 5 - Amy Beach, composer
• November 24 - Scott Joplin, ragtime composer

Deaths

• December 6 - Giovanni Pacini, composerfr:1867 en musique